FIXING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM

To provide a fixing device that can temporarily avoid a situation where it reaches the end of life faster than originally predicted, an image forming apparatus, and a program.SOLUTION: According to an image forming apparatus, a fixing device comprises: a torque detection unit 52 that detects torque...

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Main Authors KOIDE YASUHIRO, SAKAI KATSUHIDE, TANAKA TOSHIAKI, HAYASHI AKIHIRO
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 11.06.2020
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
ELECTROGRAPHY
ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY
HOLOGRAPHY
MAGNETOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY
PHYSICS
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Summary:To provide a fixing device that can temporarily avoid a situation where it reaches the end of life faster than originally predicted, an image forming apparatus, and a program.SOLUTION: According to an image forming apparatus, a fixing device comprises: a torque detection unit 52 that detects torque of a drive motor; a control unit 60 that predicts the life of a fixing unit 40 based on the value of the torque of the drive motor detected by the torque detection unit 52; and a torque adjustment unit 55 that, when a load is increased by a load adjustment unit 53, reduces the torque of the drive motor according to the amount of increased load.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】当初の予測よりも早く寿命に到達してしまうことを一時的に回避することができる定着装置、画像形成装置及びプログラムを提供する。【解決手段】画像形成装置によれば、駆動モータのトルクを検出するトルク検出部５２と、トルク検出部５２によって検出された駆動モータのトルクの値に基づいて、定着部４０の寿命を予測する制御部６０と、荷重調節部５３により荷重を増加させた場合、増加させた荷重量に応じて駆動モータのトルクを低下させるトルク調節部５５と、を備える。【選択図】図４
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20180230332